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Resistance 3 Focuses in On Combat With Much Smaller Firefights
Resistance 3 take on multiplayer reduces the player count from 40 to 16, something that turns what were sometimes confusing bulletstorms of back-and-forth gunplay into a more focused experience. Here’s a look at the game in action. Make sure you check out my full impressions too.
By Brian Crecente Published March 3, 2011 -
The Best Games of 2010 Were…
The Game Developers Choice Awards gives developers a chance to say which games they like best. This year it seems what they liked best was Red Dead Redemption. A close second? Minecraft. Now that’s a fucking great year for games. Here’s the full list of winners: Best Audio Red Dead Redemption Best Debut Game Minecraft…
By Brian Crecente Published March 3, 2011 -
And the Year’s Best Indie Games Are…
Each year the Independent Games Festival awards recognize what are often the most interesting, most innovative games of the year. This year was no different. Here are your winners: Best Student Game Fract Technical Excellence Amnesia: The Dark Descent Excellence in Design Desktop Dungeons Best Mobile Game Helsing’s Fire Excellence in Visual Art Bit.Trip Runner…
By Brian Crecente Published March 2, 2011 -
Hands On With Resistance 3 Single and Multiplayer
It starts as a breeze. It’s almost lost amidst the clutter of a minutely detailed junk yard, the armed conflict of man versus alien, the spectacle of a floating space ship in the distance. The wind isn’t really noticeable, not at first. But as the fight progresses, as I help a “rag-tag” band of humans…
By Brian Crecente Published March 2, 2011 -
How the Collapse of the Soviet Union Led to One Amazing Arcade Game
The collapse of the Soviet Union wasn’t just a generation-defining moment that led to the end of the Cold War and disintegration of one of the largest communist states in the world, it also helped launch one of the great arcade fighting games. Virtua Fighter 2 helped redefine what arcade games could look like when…
By Brian Crecente Published March 2, 2011 -
Soak in Gizmodo’s iPad 2 Coverage
Are you sad because you can’t see the pomp and fanfare of Apple’s newest tablet in person? Don’t be-you can watch it live with us! Check out our real-time coverage of the Apple iPad2 on live.gizmodo.com; we’ll be drawing a steady stream of info from the best sources the Internet has to offer, and serving…
By Brian Crecente Published March 2, 2011 -
A History of Sega’s Arcade Brilliance in Two Pictures
Yu Suzuki is the man behind Sega’s most important arcade games including such hits as Hang-On, After Burner II and Virtua Fighter. Here’s his hit list. Note, I don’t think he was actually responsible for the fall of the Soviet Union.
By Brian Crecente Published March 2, 2011 -
Game Gear and Turbografx Coming to Nintendo’s 3DS e-Store
The digital store for Nintendo’s upcoming 3DS will include not only Game Boy and Game Boy Color games, but also Sega Game Gear ad Turbografx titles. The eShop will also feature 3D classics, updates of older Nintendo games with 3D effects. It will hit the 3DS as part of a larger system update for the…
By Brian Crecente Published March 2, 2011 -
Plants Vs. Zombies Go Go Dancers
Go go dancing sunflowers and pea-shooters caroused at Pop Cap Games’ party last night, chasing and being chased by big-headed zombies among party goers. The night’s festivities also included a selection of zombie-themed drinks and food. The drink selection included Vechey’s Vodka & Vitriol and Fiete’s Fulminating Feat, while the food selection included Plants Vs……
By Brian Crecente Published March 2, 2011 -
The Next Game From the Makers of Minecraft Is…
Penny Arcade and Minecraft are teaming up to make a new game that seeks to reinvent the classic collectible card game genre. Scrolls will be developed by indie game studio Mojang and feature writing by Penny Arcade’s Jerry “Tycho” Holkins. “Notch and I started discussing the idea of Scrolls nearly five years ago,” said lead…
By Brian Crecente Published March 1, 2011 -
Resistance, Mutilated Bodies and Kylie Minogue
I flew into San Francisco today. I’m actually sitting in a middle to back row of The Great Gamification Debate as I write this. GDC is SO on. Also, check back in a few hours for an interesting new game announcement. Think Fast, Shoot Fast, Kick Ass In many ways, Playstation 3 first-person shooter Resistance…
By Brian Crecente Published March 1, 2011 -
L.A. Noire Examines Death In All of Its Misery
Elizabeth Short was beaten, sliced lips to ears, forced to eat excrement and then cut in half and drained of blood. Her gruesome death on Jan. 15, 1947 was never solved despite the efforts of LA’s best police and worst journalists. Nicknamed The Black Dahlia, her case has been loosely linked to other serial killings…
By Brian Crecente Published March 1, 2011 -
Think Fast, Shoot Fast, Kick Ass
In many ways, Playstation 3 first-person shooter Resistance was a return to their roots for the studio behind Ratchet and Clank and Spyro the Dragon. First-person shooters were what got founder Ted Price into the business of making games. The first game Insomniac Games made was shooter Disruptor for the Playstation. “We were working with…
By Brian Crecente Published March 1, 2011 -
Make a Game, Help Stop Teen Dating Violence
Can you create a game about teen dating violence without using violence? That’s the question that the Life. Love Game Design Challenge has been asking for three years now. The results have, over years, grown from simple flash games to meaningful works of interactive education and fiction. February is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and…
By Brian Crecente Published February 28, 2011 -
The Next Great Era in Gaming, Cool Metroid Prime Concepts and Why the PS3 is Contraband
I flew back from a half week in New York last night. We got home about 11 p.m. Tomorrow morning I’m flying off to San Francisco for the Game Developers Conference. I’ll be joining Michael McWhertor and Stephen Totilo as we report, interview, and write our way through the week-long show. Looks like there’s going…
By Brian Crecente Published February 28, 2011 -
European Customs Seize PlayStation 3 Shipments
Tens of thousands of PS3s were seized by customs officers last week in the Netherlands as part of an ongoing contentious court battle between LG and Sony, the Guardian reports A ruling by the civil court of justice in the Hague surrounding patents related to the playback of Blu-Ray discs means that all new PS3s…
By Brian Crecente Published February 28, 2011 -
How FarmVille’s Makers Missed the Boat On The Next Great Era of Gaming
Before there were virtual farmers in FarmVille and virtual shop owners in CityVille, there was Ultima Online. Considered to be one of the first successful massively multiplayer online computer games, Ultima Online changed the way many developers and players thought about gaming. While it was created to be a place where people could adventure; fighting…
By Brian Crecente Published February 28, 2011
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